Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth I fancied music and also knew well how to play instruments. She could play the lute and virginals, a small form of a harpsichord. Her example made it essential for courtiers and gentlemen to understand the art of music. Queen Elizabeth encouraged composers and musicians, employing over seventy musicians and singers. Dancing was considered part of propriety by Queen Elizabeth.
Read more about this topic: Music In The Elizabethan Era
Famous quotes containing the word queen:
“The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming “Off with her head! Off with—”
“Nonsense!” said Alice loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)